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16 <br />Chair Jacobs asked about the future educational facility and if it was part of the <br />presentation to the Town of Carrboro and Ken Redfoot said that they are presenting 17 acres to <br />the Town of Carrboro. <br />Chair Jacobs suggested that Commissioner Foushee be the County Commissioner to <br />work on this school and the Board agreed. This is at the bottom of page 18. <br />PUBLIC COMMENT: <br />Aaron Nelson, Executive Director of the Chapel Hill/Carrboro Chamber of Commerce, <br />spoke about the timing of Elementary #10 and the SAPFO. He said that there have been some <br />comments that the public is being irrational in their concerns that elementary #10 would not be <br />constructed in a timely manner. The schedule appeared to program the school opening in <br />2009-10. He is kind of disappointed in how the dialogue has gone. He thought that the citizen <br />comments were thoughtful comments rather than irrational. He said that when they informed <br />their membership about how SAPFO is designed to play out, they were concerned. He said <br />that when schools stop issuing CAPS, new residential development that is already approved by <br />municipalities would be denied CAPS. He said that the potential impact in this community <br />would be substantial. Because of their interest in mixed-use development, all of the commercial <br />development has residential components. He said that this is a big issue and has potential to <br />impact big projects. He is concerned that there will be anon-issuance of CAPS if the school is <br />not opened in 2008-09. <br />A motion was made by Commissioner Halkiotis, seconded by Chair Jacobs to approve <br />the County and School Capital Project Ordinances for fiscal year 2006-07 that require action <br />before June 30, 2006. <br />VOTE: UNANIMOUS <br />b. Consideration of a Resolution on District Elections for the Board of County <br />Commissioners for a November 2006 Referendum <br />The Board considered approval of a Resolution on district elections for the Board of <br />County Commissioners for a November 2006 referendum based on Board consideration of <br />district elections since January 2005; and provided any comments, questions, and any further <br />direction to staff. <br />Chair Jacobs said that the Board has already decided how many members will be on the <br />Board of County Commissioners, there will be seven members. <br />Geof Gledhill said that where they left this in April was approval of a combination <br />district/at-large .plan identified as proposal B. It is aseven-member plan, with one member from <br />a rural part of the County and two members from Chapel Hill Township. Proposal B is a <br />combination district and at-large system that does not conform to the requirements of the North <br />Carolina General Statutes for combination district and at-large systems. He apologized to the <br />Board and the citizens because this was an error on his part for not making sure that the <br />proposal conformed to the statutes. Now they have proposal D, which is aseven-member <br />Board and combines district and at-large seats. There will be three members from District One <br />(D1), which includes Chapel Hill Township south of the CHCCS boundary then along Eubanks <br />Road, to Martin Luther King Boulevard, up MLK Boulevard to I-40 and from there to the Durham <br />County line, it follows I-40. Most of the area that is north of that boundary is located in either <br />the rural buffer, Hillsborough, or the rural part of the County. District Two (D2) would have two <br />members and would include the rest of the county. There would also be two members elected <br />at-large. <br />